Flames match that offer sheet without considering. Also Buffalo won't be retaining on Eichel IMO

Avs arent retaining and taking on more cap while also taking the less productive player only to get an ECHL goalie and a 4th in return...

Feel free to add Brisson and another 1st if you want us to retain. Lol

For all the retainment issues, you are absolutely right. Consider this more my dream, but I will be going back in and making it better.

I don't think Col is going to be interested in down grading in a trade with one of their biggest competitors for futures and scraps.

Also what on earth is going on with Dube?

Also adding in a recently signed FA to a trade deal is hilarious

Those retainers aren’t happening with Avs or Buf. Also why wouldn’t Calgary just match that? Or why would Dube even sign that deal?

The caps trade is a puzzler. I get you’re trying to move some salary but bringing in a guy like Dillon doesn’t make a ton of sense to me.

Casually trying to fleece Washington into giving up a top 4 d, young scoring forward that showed lots of progress last year and the young guy who is possibly the #1 goalie next season in exchange for a solid, (yet really old) goalie on a bad deal to a team trying to clear cap room for Ovechkin plus a fourth liner. No shot Washington does that first trade

clearly I have some issues that I underestimated. I'll be redoing it in a V2.

I do have reasoning for this all though. Last year and the prior year, Smith was the better player between him and Burakovsky. My own thinking is that I could throw in Smith, who could return to his norm, as well as the AHL Vezina goalie and a decent prospect. I decided on the goalie, Thompson, because of the uncertainty of Grubauer returning. That, and I think Thompson could be better.

Based on the recent overlooking of good players, like Dube, in the Calgary management, I think I would be capable of sneaking him away.

I made the Fleury trade purely on cap management. Selling high on a great goalie as he is clearly exiting his prime. I also think it could be beneficial for The caps, as Samsonov hasn't really had a good mentor, and it may be too early for him to be carrying the starting load. Sure, he had Holtby, but Holtby was a good few years out of his prime. I was definitely reaching though on getting Vanacek, Sprong, and Dillon back.